jia chen
i'm jia (佳)(jiā). i grew up a sensitive gay girl with an active imagination in an unpredictable conservative asian immigrant household in the midwest.
i'm co-founding jam. any developer can run intelligent workflows by talking to ai @ spreadjam.com (backed by co-founder hugging face, co-founder cto lovable, and a16z scout fund)
github contributions, live updated ·
also currently hacking:
- open source typescript rate limiting analytics library @ asillios.com
(star on github if you see this)
previous stuff i did
- co-built sprint.dev. devtool distribution platform. 20k users in 5 months, 48k profit
- won 23 hackathons at places like yc, upenn, princeton
- 240k streams organically on spotify and apple music as an indie musician
- got 120 mil views on social media with 130k followers
- drone research at nasa usrc
- got software engineering infra offers from disney and intuit
2025 portfolio @ jiaseed.com
current thoughts
march 14th, 2026, 1:08pm pst
day 542 of chin-ups and pull-ups
march 12th, 2026, 10:06pm pst
day 541 of chin-ups and pull-ups
march 11th, 2026, 9:57pm pst
day 540 - I FINISHED ALL 40 OF MY CHIN-UPS PULL-UPS
march 9th, 2026, 8:01pm pst
LOL I TRIED TO DO MY CHIN-UPS TODAY AND PHYSICALLY COULDN'T DO TWO LMFAOO 😭😭😭
march 8th, 2026, 9:47pm pst
today i was reminded that life is incredible. especially the little things.
march 5th, 2026, 1:52pm pst
day 539 of chin-ups and pull-ups. it is sunny in francisco today
march 4th, 2026, 2:41am pst
day 538 of chin-ups and pull-ups, and rethinking life
march 3rd, 2026, 9:20pm pst
day 537 of chin-ups and pull-ups
march 2nd, 2026, 3:04pm pst
crying in the shower is cathartic. also day 536 of chin-ups and pull-ups
march 1st, 2026, 12:11pm pst
i love my clawdbots
february 28th, 2026, 1:07am pst
we are staying up working auhgghgh
february 27th, 2026, 12:04am pst
day 535 of chin-ups and pull-ups
february 26th, 2026, 11:19am pst
day 534 of chin-ups and pull-ups
february 25th, 2026, 2:19pm pst
day 533 of chin-ups and pull-ups
february 24th, 2026, 12:30pm pst
day 532 of chin-ups and pull-ups
february 23rd, 2026, 11:29am pst
day 531 of chin-ups and pull-ups
february 22nd, 2026, 5:31pm pst
statues
february 21st, 2026, 6:17pm pst
listening to intwo by notfriends :( and also berceuse rework
february 20th, 2026, 11:56am pst
day 530 of chin-ups and pull-ups
february 19th, 2026, 9:30pm pst
day 529 of chin-ups and pull-ups
february 18th, 2026, 9:30pm pst
day 528 of chin-ups and pull-ups
february 17th, 2026, 9:30pm pst
day 527 of chin-ups and pull-ups
february 16th, 2026, 9:30pm pst
day 526 of chin-ups and pull-ups
february 15th, 2026, 3:40am pst
sunday no chin-ups. feeling confident about things
february 14th, 2026, 9:30pm pst
no chin-ups, today was launch day
february 13th, 2026, 9:30pm pst
day 525 of chin-ups and pull-ups (20 each, so 40)
february 12th, 2026, 9:30pm pst
day 524 of chin-ups and pull-ups (20 each, so 40)
february 11th, 2026, 11:18am pst
day 523 of chin-ups and pull-ups (20 each, so 40)
february 9th, 2026, 8:00pm pst
day 522 of chin-ups and pull-ups (20 each, so 40)
february 7th, 2026, 8:54pm pst
day 521 of chin-ups and pull-ups (20 each, so 40)
february 6th, 2026, 7:50pm pst
day 520 of chin-ups
february 5th, 2026, 9:42pm pst
day couldn't do chin-ups but i did 40 pushups instead
february 4th, 2026, 5:09pm pst
day 519 of chin-ups
february 3rd, 2026, 8:00pm pst
day 518 of chin-ups
february 2nd, 2026, 12:37pm pst
day 517 of chin-ups
february 1st, 2026, 4:26pm pst: beta day
january 31st, 2026, 1:09pm pst
day 516 of chin-ups
january 30th, 2026, 8:00pm pst
day 515 of chin-ups
january 29th, 2026, 1:28am pst: music and food
january 27th, 2026, 3:52am pst
day 514 of chin-ups 40 a day in a few hours